This is where I try to sort through the truth of it all with grit, grace, and a lot of humor.
I write about helping people see what’s real and what’s really possible. I stand against inherited scripts and generational cycles that tell us who we are and what we can be.
Everything I write circles back to the three things that shape how we self-lead and live:
Presence, Purpose, and Power.
Presence is how we show up.
Purpose is why we keep going.
Power is what we reclaim when we choose both.
Sometimes that looks like a short essay on clarity and boundaries. Sometimes it’s a glimpse into my writing. And sometimes it’s just me, sharing what it took today to keep moving forward.
I don’t write on a schedule. I write when there’s something worth saying.
Essays on Presence
Reflections on showing up fully, even when the world is loud.Essays on Purpose
Explorations of meaning, direction, and the courage to choose your own path.Essays on Power
Stories about reclaiming voice and agency, and creating what’s possible on your own terms.Book Updates
Behind the scenes notes on Lead Like You Mean It. Drafting, revising, celebrating, and occasionally wrestling with words until they tell the truth.Personal Reflections
Stories and snapshots from everyday life, like coffee on the deck, scary movies, and bourbon nights. The small moments that remind me why presence matters.
When “Having It All” Starts to Feel Like Losing Yourself
You do not have to burn your life down to begin again. Most of the time, the unraveling starts quietly. A deep breath before a meeting. The ache on a Sunday night. The moment you realize you are smiling for everyone but yourself. Meant for More is about what happens next. It is the slow, steady work of listening to your own truth again.
If you have been wondering whether the life you built still fits, take the Meant for More quiz to see where you are in your story. Maybe you are waking up to awareness. Maybe you are learning agency. Maybe you are already living your truth in quiet action. Wherever you are, it is the right place to begin.
The quiet unraveling that leads you back to the person you were always meant to be.
It starts quietly.
Not with burnout or breakdown, but with the kind of fatigue that seeps in under the surface. The kind that makes you take a deep breath before walking into a room and smile when you don’t really feel like smiling.
You tell yourself you’re fine. You’ve got the career, the relationships, the house, the degree, the checklist. You’ve “arrived.” But inside, something hums—a quiet ache that doesn’t match the life you worked so hard to build.
It’s the ache that shows up when you finish a big project and feel relief instead of pride.
It’s the ache that lingers when someone praises you for being “so composed,” and you realize what they really mean is “so contained.”
It’s the ache that whispers at night, when the house is finally quiet, Is this all there is?
We don’t talk about that part enough—the unraveling that comes wrapped in achievement.
Because the truth is, many of us have learned to live by scripts that were handed to us before we ever had a chance to write our own.
Scripts about what success should look like.
Scripts about how good women lead, love, and endure.
Scripts that reward us for being agreeable, accommodating, and endlessly capable.
And for a while, those scripts work. They get us applause, access, even admiration.
But over time, they cost us something bigger: ourselves.
When “having it all” starts to feel like losing yourself, it’s not failure. It’s feedback. It’s your soul tapping you on the shoulder and asking, Is this still true?
That’s what Meant for More is all about—not blowing up your life, but finally listening to it.
Where Are You in Your Meant for More Journey?
A quick reflection to help you see which part of your story you’re living right now, and what might come next.
You don’t need to overhaul your life to begin again.
You just need to know where you are.
This quiz will help you see which stage of the Meant for More journey you’re in right now:
Awareness: You’re starting to notice the script you were handed.
Agency: You’re beginning to trust your own voice and make new choices.
Action: You’re living your truth in small, powerful ways every day.
There are no wrong answers, just honest ones.
The last two months were full in a way that asked me to set something down so I could show up where I was needed most. Now that the season has shifted, I can feel myself returning to the page with more steadiness, more presence, and a different kind of clarity. I’m not picking up where I left off. I’m beginning from who I am now.